Literate Ape is a literary digital 'zine and a dumping place for the random musings of a small shrewdness of diverse apes who managed to learn to read and write and use computers.

ABOUT THE APES IN CHARGE

Don Hall — co-editor

Don Hall is a freelance events consultant, founder of Literate Ape and author of four books including Belief is a Sledgehammer, Like a Burning Moth With No Idea How He Caught on Fire, and Strippers, Guns, and the Holocaust Museum.

David Himmel — co-editor

David Himmel is the author of the books A Camp Story and the forthcoming The Last DJ. An award-winning journalist, he is a contributor to POLITICO and is the former editor in chief of Chicago Health magazine.

Dec 24 I Believe… [Christmas Layoffs Are the Spawn of Hell]

…that any company that fires someone just before Christmas should be burned to the ground. That includes lauded comedy institutions, banks, orphanages and indie record stores.

…that the loudest person in the room usually has the least to say. That includes both myself and the political extremists on either side of the aisle.

…that, at this point, any movie recommendation from either an Alt Right idiot or a Social Justice Jackass is subject to a salt lick the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. The Rage Profiteers have shitty taste in culture.

…that Christmas likely sucks at the Trump family gathering. I mean, that’s a lot of fucking coal but I guess he promised them their mining jobs, right?

…that nothing compares to Christmas at my mom’s house in the middle of Kansas.